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On October 21-22, 2022, a group of international participants will come together at FAU (and on Zoom) to discuss their papers submitted for a forthcoming volume called Negotiating Radiation Protection, edited by Prof. Rentetzi in cooperation with Angela Creager (Princeton) and M. Susan Lindee (Unive...

How did the communication of the new great scientific developments function as another battlefield during the Cold War and how did the Cold War climate itself function as a fertile ground for the dissemination and transfer of knowledge from scientific laboratories to the general public? This proj...

Symposium, March 20-21, 2023, Vienna, Austria   Organizers: Johannes Mattes 1, Cécile Philippe 2, Maria Rentetzi 3   1 Institute of Culture Studies and Theatre History (IKT), Austrian Academy of Sciences 2 Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Im...

An interview with Professor Rentetzi was published in the latest issue of ZEIT GERMANY: Study & Research. In it, she explains what the concept of science diplomacy – which is “suddenly on everyone’s lips” – is all about, and she also gives some insight into her personal career path. Read the int...

Prof. Dr. Maria Rentetzi was recently featured in FAU.tv’s “Who Is…?” series. In the short video, she talks about what motivates her work at the crossroads of Science and Technology Studies and International Affairs. Watch it here.

On Thursday, July 28, 2022, our current visiting scholar, Dr. Linda Marie Richards (Oregon State University) will be giving a guest lecture titled: An Auto/Ethnography of Human Rights and Nuclear Wrongs The event takes place at 18:00 CEST and will be livestreamed via Zoom (registration). Li...

Next up in our STGS lecture series on Thursday, June 23, 2022 (18:00 CEST), is a talk by Prof. John P. DiMoia from Seoul National University in Korea, who is visiting us this month: From Occupation to Containerization, 1945–early 1970s To join us via Zoom, please register here. Abstract: With th...

Prof. Dr. Maria Rentetzi recently wrote a piece for the Diplomatic Courier, arguing for a more sophisticated science diplomacy for the 21st century.   Also, on June 9, 2022, German newspaper DIE ZEIT published an interview with Prof. Rentetzi on the value of international relations in times o...

As the 2021 Cain Conference Fellow of the Science History Institute in Philadelphia, Prof. Dr. Maria Rentetzi will convene a two-day conference in Paris on June 13-14: Diplomatic Studies of Science: The Interplay of Science, Technology, and International Affairs after the Second World War A panel ...

In collaboration with Prof. Dr. Fritz Dross (Institute of Medical History), we are conducting a short seminar at the Siemens Healthineers MedMuseum on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, 14:00-17:00. The seminar starts off with a guided tour of the museum, followed by two presentations (all in English): F...